Radio Owlsnest Episode 36
Settle down with your hot cuppa - or in some cases I’m sure - harder stuff, dear “OwlHeads”…. for It’s time to relax into episode 36!
I just realized this show has many subliminal references to my bass playing, which is lovely, as that is where my music career started from. Somehow the “bottom end” doesn’t get enough justice, but in this show we’ll show it some well deserved reverence.
I’ll start off proceedings with a brand spanking new song which highlights my rhythm section playing with the great drummer Trevor Thornton. It’s hard to believe we began playing together back in the 70s. I’ll spin an outrageous demo I wrote for the well endowed page 3 girl, the irrepressible Samantha Fox. I’m being rather brave here because this highlights the manic, high energy, youthful “Pagey” ... an irrepressible creature himself from the distant past - when supersonic tempos ruled the world!
It’s a treat to play you the original cassette demo of the first “Q.Feel” single, “Doctor on the Radio”; The song that launched a thousand ships … I mean launched my professional songwriting and recording career.
I’ll introduce you to Chris Sutton, a singer that truly knocked me out - reminding me of the best of Alison Moyet and George Michael before he vanished into the ether - his apparently short career becoming an enigma. I’ll play you a very rare 8 track Fostex demo we did together. Where is he now?
Along with various other vintage tracks from my songwriting vault, I’ll attempt to enlighten you regarding some little known facts about myself ... hard liquor is definitely mandatory at this point.
And I’ll play a special little demo of a song recorded by “Starship” that I wrote with Bernie Taupin (a personal favorite of mine) that conjures up a romantically dark story,
haunted on the periphery by the band’s own San Francisco home.
So please be my guest today for episode 36 🦉
Martin
